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Orbea Factory Team Releases a Cinematic Documentary About Their 2023 World Cup Season

The Orbea Factory Team have emerged on the cross-country and MTB scenes quite recently and since then, they’ve been valiantly fighting for their place in the spotlight with a team of young hopefuls. Just a couple of days ago, they released a captivating documentary entitled Green Means Go that plunges deep into the heart of what it means to be a team that is striving to earn their spurs throughout the World Cup season.

The intimate and skilfully shot documentary, with a running time of just over an hour, perfectly captures the hours of work, all the little fragments, and human moments that most of us know at their culmination –  exciting TV racing coverage and the winners’ podium celebrations. Via the documentary, you’ll get to live vicariously through the four team members, David Campos, Pierre de Froidmont, Anne Tauber and Luca Martin, and experience their triumphs, joys, defeat, exhaustion, disappointments, and inner workings of an XC team on a mission to excel.

Besides the riders, you’ll get to know the staff keeping the whole Orbea Factory Team up and running, such as Pierre Lebreton, François-Xavier Durand, Andres Garcia or Andrej Vrcon. The most competitive MTB and cross-country environment in the world doesn’t really have much space for mistakes so professionals guiding the way and taking care of the “boring” logistics and training plans are virtually essential.

As Orbea is also a bike manufacturer supplying the entire team, the unforgiving and raw conditions of MTB and XC are the perfect testing grounds for their new bicycles, such as the Orbea Alma and Oiz bikes they premiered this year. And, according to the team in the doc, they did deliver! As for their lush green racing jerseys and all other cycling clothing, they collaborate with HIRU, a brand creating “high-performance apparel for passionate cyclists.“

Be our guest and give an hour of your time to Green Means Go and get acquainted with XC and MTB closer than ever before, meet the human behind each team member, and get convinced that, despite appearances, XC is not an individualistic sport but a close-knit effort of a passionate bunch of people.

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WorldTour team bike guide 2020

Who's riding what in the WorldTour? Now with the addition of the peloton's indoor cycling setups

Welcome to the Cyclingnews round-up of the 2020 men's WorldTour teams and the tech they are using this season. 

The growth of the WorldTour from 18 to 19 teams saw space for even more bike tech to feature. We saw all the new tech at the Tour Down Under in January, as well as a glimpse into the Classics tech at Opening Weekend before racing was halted due to the coronavirus, and while racing is on hold for the time being, teams are taking to indoor cycling tech in order to keep up fitness and exposure. 

Below, we'll provide details of the changes seen as 2019 became 2020, and we'll give an overview of the cycling tech that each team is using, including their riders' indoor cycling 'pain caves'.

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Every year, due to contracts coming to an end and new sponsors coming in to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the WorldTour stage, professional cycling teams and their sponsors frequently part ways and form new partnerships. 

It's sometimes hard to keep track of who's now sponsored by who, and which equipment cycling teams are using.

For some, these partnerships are organised well in advance, but in other cases, teams face a last-gasp scramble to attract sponsorship in order to survive, let alone kit out their riders for the season ahead.

It's not uncommon to see a carousel of change as teams and suppliers find new opportunities and form agreements elsewhere. For example, ahead of the 2019 season, three big bike brands enjoyed a merry-go-round of team sponsorship changes. BMC Racing morphed into CCC Team and switched from  BMC bikes to Giant . Team Sunweb, in turn, switched out their Giant bikes for Cervélo , leaving  Dimension Data to ride aboard BMC  to complete the triangle.

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2020 WorldTour sponsorship changes

With the news that Endura had ceased sponsorship of Movistar , a void was left in the Spanish outfit's clothing department, ahead of the news that Italian company Alé would supply the team with kit from 2020 onwards. Movistar continue to ride aboard Canyon bikes for a sixth year, although their use of Campagnolo groupsets ceased for the first time in 37 years, with SRAM providing the team with a disc-only fleet for the 2020 season.

The much-documented merge between Katusha and Israel Cycling Academy saw Canyon step away, dropping its total of sponsored WorldTour teams to just one. Alongside its focus on the Alpecin-Fenix ProTeam outfit of Mathieu van der Poel and its title sponsorship of the Canyon-SRAM women's team, it also followed Nairo Quintana in his move from Movistar to the Arkéa–Samsic ProTeam.

The newly structured Israel Start-Up Nation – home to both André Greipel and Dan Martin – are aboard Factor Bikes . The British bike brand's agreement with AG2R La Mondiale came to a close at the end of the 2018 season, commencing a 12-month hiatus from the WorldTour as it switched focus to supplying bikes to the Pro Continental outfit Roompot-Charles along with women's UCI team Parkhotel Valkenburg .  Roompot-Charles folding at the end of the 2019 season freed up the Norfolk-based company to step back up to the WorldTour.

Following the surprising decision by Team Ineos to use Lightweight wheels at the Tour de France , it was perhaps a surprise to see no equipment changes there ahead of the 2020 season. Egan Bernal 's Tour de France win is clearly good for the sponsors' return on investment, and Team Ineos have continue aboard Pinarello bikes this season, with Shimano providing the groupsets and wheels.

That said, during the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire , a number of Team Ineos riders were seen using new wheels from a company called Princeton CarbonWorks , whose wheels are distinctive by their sinusoidal (wavy) rim profile. It seems Ineos have struck a deal to use these wheels in time trials for the 2020 season.

A team that made big changes was Bahrain McLaren . Mark Cavendish 's new team switched out their Fulcrum wheels in favour of Vision, and moved away from Sportful clothing in favour of former pro Yanto Barker 's brand, Le Col.

Astana 's three-year deal with Argon 18 finished at the end of the 2019 season, and was not renewed , so for 2020, while the Kazakh team will continue using Corima wheels, Wilier now provides the framesets . 

Finally, with Cofidis stepping up to the WorldTour , and their original two-year deal with Kuota expiring at the end of 2019, the change in tier led to a change in bike sponsor. De Rosa, who previously supplied Israel Cycling Academy, made like their former team by climbing up to the WorldTour, but in Cofidis colours for 2020.

Indoor cycling tech

With racing on pause for 2020, WorldTour riders have fast adapted to the world of indoor cycling. 

Alpecin-Fenix organised the Ronde van Zwift , in which the team took on dedicated eRacing teams such as Canyon ZCC and Kalas. Mitchelton-Scott have been running organised Zwift rides , and with the cancellation of the Tour of Flanders , there was even a Lockdown Edition run on Rouvy, won by CCC Team 's Greg Van Avermaet .

Sponsors have invested heavily in kitting their riders out with the best turbo trainers to ensure their riders can not only train, but also utilise their form to race on platforms such as Zwift and Rouvy . Cyclingnews recently had a bit of fun by rating the peloton's pain caves .

Scroll down for the full round-up of who's on what for 2020. 

New bike tech in 2020

When it comes to new bike launches, 2019 was the year of conformity, with a range of manufacturers all seeming to converge on particular design features for their lightweight climbing bike offerings.

While the BMC Teammachine and Specialized Tarmac were early adopters of the dropped seat stay and aerodynamic carbon tubing, 2019 saw similar silhouettes launched by a number of other brands, with the Cannondale SuperSix EVO , Focus Izalco Max, Orbea Orca, Scott Addict RC and Wilier 0 SLR all coming to similar conclusions after wind-tunnel testing.

For 2020, it looks as though Giant has stuck to its guns, though. The new Giant TCR looks to be more evolution than revolution. 

In keeping with its traditional three-year product cycle, we're expecting the Specialized Tarmac will receive a refresh for 2020, too, although at this stage the team at Specialized remain tight-lipped. The Trek Emonda also hasn't seen wholesale change since 2018, so we're expecting the American giant to retain its hyper-lightweight frame design, but with a keener eye on aerodynamics. 

Talking of aerodynamics, rumours are rife of a new Canyon Aeroad after Mathieu van der Poel was seen riding an as-yet-unreleased Aeroad at the Primus Classic and Gooikse Pijl . Details are currently sparse, but we'll be sure to bring you more as they become available.

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• Sam Bennett's Specialized Venge - Gallery
• Dylan van Baarle's Pinarello Dogma F12 XLight

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Josh has been with us since the summer of 2019 and throughout that time he's covered everything from buyer's guides and deals to the latest tech news and reviews. On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years.

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For many, the Absa Cape Epic is the pinnacle of an MTB race. With growing popularity and media attention year after year, it has earned the name of the “Mountain Tour de France” among the cycling community.

The hard but spectacular route, worthy of a World Cup or a World Championship race designation, made this stage race a world reference within the MTB UCI calendar.

In the documentary, “The Mecca of MTB,” Orbea Factory Team rider Ibon Zugasti, KMC Orbea rider Oliver Avilés, various people from the organization, local participants and the South African Orbea distributor shows us everything about this race and how the region welcomes this race with open arms.

Trails made and cared for by hand, spectators throughout the entire route and top-notch organization akin to a World Tour race are just some of the examples that make the Absa Cape Epic truly special.

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Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling

• Nationality Germany
• Founded 2014
• Team Principal Claude Sun
• UCI Code WNT
• Bike Sponsor Orbea

Arianna Fidanza

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• Nationality Italy

Orbea is a Spanish bike manufacturer based in the Basque town of Mallabia. Part of Mondragón Cooperative Corporation, Orbea is Spain’s largest bike manufacturer and currently operates in over 65 countries across the world.

Riding for the German outfit Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team , Arianna Fidanza has the choice of two bikes from the team's bike provider Orbea . When we managed to get our hands on her bike at the UAE Tour she had opted for the lightweight Orca over the aero Orca Aero.

The rationale behind the seventh-generation Orca puts it in a class of its own amongst the professional peloton. Prioritising low weight above all else without a nod to any specific aero profiling or optimisation.

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Purely feathery intentions

With the mountain test of Jabal Hafeet on the cards, having the lightest bike possible is almost certainly an advantage when the gradient kicks up. Interestingly, the latest generation Orca has taken a different approach to most brands. Orbea wanted to make the Orca as light as possible and have completely bucked the aero trend in the process. Here you will not find a blunt Kamm tail profile or dropped seat stays. The frame has been designed with the sole purpose of saving grams and efficiently transferring power from the rider to the road.

The latest Orca from Orbea bucks the dominating aero trend of the pro peloton

The end result of the decision is a bike that can comfortably sit under the UCI’s minimum weight limit of 6.8kg giving riders room to add bottle cages, pedals and bike computers without any weight penalty. Orbea claimed upon its release, that the Orca was “around three watts faster than an aero bike, for an average rider, on a 5% slope, and around six watts faster on a 10% slope”.

• Read more: Lightweight vs aero - which bike climbs faster?

Orbea Oquo wheels

The wheels used by Ceratizit-WNT are also provided by Orbea’s in-house wheel brand Oquo. There are three depths on offer, and in this case, Fidanza opted for the mid-depth RP45Team. As the name might suggest, these sport a 45mm deep profile balancing aerodynamics and gram saving. The decision to manufacture performance wheels themselves came from the want to have complete control over the process, ensuring high quality and low overall weight for the bike as a system.

In-house brand Oquo supply the team with its wheels with Fidanza using the RP45Team

The wheelset is not the only appearance from Oquo with the stem with neat internal cable routing also from Oquo. Although the cables are not fully internally routed through the bars they are only briefly exposed as they exit the bars before flowing into the small inlet underneath the stem.

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Levers on the limit

The UCI announced at the end of 2023 that it would be regulating the position of riders' brake levers in 2024 with new rules coming into place for 2025. The reason cited for this clamp-down was rooted in rider safety as the trend of turning your levers in, puts them in a position that they weren't designed for.

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Fidanza's lever position looks to be right on the 10-degree limit

The reason riders choose to turn their levers in is for the aerodynamic benefit. Creating a narrower frontal area can massively increase your efficiency through the air and since the UCI outlawed the “puppy paws” position , this is the closest riders can get to a time trial-esque position. From the start of 2024, the position of a rider's levers is restricted to a maximum of a 10-degree in-turn from the profile of the bars. In this setup, Fidanza looks to be right on this limit.

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